{"id":389639,"date":"2026-09-03T21:24:53","date_gmt":"2026-09-03T21:24:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/389639\/"},"modified":"2026-09-03T21:24:53","modified_gmt":"2026-09-03T21:24:53","slug":"police-arrest-man-accused-of-hitting-10-year-old-girl-with-dirt-bike-while-fleeing-officers-on-ocean-drive-wsvn-7news-miami-news-weather-sports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/389639\/","title":{"rendered":"Police arrest man accused of hitting 10-year-old girl with dirt bike while fleeing officers on Ocean Drive &#8211; WSVN 7News | Miami News, Weather, Sports"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">MIAMI BEACH, FLA. (WSVN) &#8211; The man accused of <a href=\"https:\/\/wsvn.com\/news\/local\/miami-dade\/11-year-old-hit-by-dirt-bike-during-police-pursuit-on-miami-beach-commissioner-vows-action-against-stunt-bikers\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/wsvn.com\/news\/local\/miami-dade\/11-year-old-hit-by-dirt-bike-during-police-pursuit-on-miami-beach-commissioner-vows-action-against-stunt-bikers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">striking a 10-year-old girl with a dirt bike<\/a> while fleeing police on Ocean Drive has been arrested, Miami Beach Police said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mandrell Rolle Jr. faces charges of reckless driving, leaving the scene of a crash and resisting an officer without violence after he was taken into custody Wednesday night.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Police said the 29-year-old suspect was on probation for felony possession of a machine gun at the time of the arrest.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cOur detectives arrested Mandrell Rolle Jr. on multiple felony charges to include hitting a 10-year-old juvenile on Ocean Drive,\u201d said Miami Beach Police spokesperson Christopher Bess.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to investigators, the incident occurred near Ocean Drive and Seventh Street, at around 7 p.m. on Aug. 22.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Police said several people called 911 to report reckless dirt bike riders. When the riders got to Ocean Drive, officers approached them along the 700 block.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Detectitves said officers arrested one man, but Rolle took off and drove his dirt bike into the girl as he made his escape.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cOur officer gave him several commands to stop, and he decided to jump the curb, drive recklessly on a sidewalk, hit a 10-year-old girl, didn\u2019t stop to render aid and thought he got away,\u201d said Bess. \u201cWell, last night he saw exactly what happens when you flee from Miami Beach Police.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The girl was treated at the scene for some scratches, but was not seriously hurt.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At the time of the alleged crime, Rolle was out on federal probation for unlawful possession of a machine gun.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 Sunbeam Television Corp. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.<\/p>\n<p>\tJoin our Newsletter for the latest news right to your inbox<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"MIAMI BEACH, FLA. (WSVN) &#8211; The man accused of striking a 10-year-old girl with a dirt bike while&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":389640,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[225,227,226],"class_list":["post-389639","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-hialeah","tag-hialeah","tag-hialeah-headlines","tag-hialeah-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/389639","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=389639"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/389639\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/389640"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=389639"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=389639"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=389639"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}